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KMID : 0311120190600060509
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Yonsei Medical Journal
2019 Volume.60 No. 6 p.509 ~ p.516
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Induction of Melanoma Cell-Selective Apoptosis Using Anti-HER2 Antibody-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles
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Jeon Hyeon-Jun
Choi Byul-Bo-Ra
Park Kwang-Ha
Hwang Dae-Seok
Kim Uk-Kyu
Kim Gyoo-Cheon
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to verify the induction and mechanism of selective apoptosis in G361 melanoma cells using anti-HER2 antibody-conjugated gold nanoparticles (GNP-HER2).
Materials and Methods: Following GNP-HER2 treatment of G361 cells, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis were measured by WST-1 assay, Hemacolor staining, Hoechst staining, immunofluorescence staining, fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis, and Western blotting.
Results: G361 cells treated with GNP-HER2 showed condensation of nuclei, which is an apoptotic phenomenon, and translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor and cytochrome c from mitochondria into the nucleus and cytoplasm, respectively. Increases in BAX in cells undergoing apoptosis, activation of caspase-3 and -9, and fragmentation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase and DNA fragmentation factor 45 (inhibitor of caspase-activated DNase) were observed upon GNP-HER2 treatment. Following GNP-HER2 treatment, an increase of cells in sub-G1 phase, which is a signal of cell apoptosis, was observed. This resulted in the down-regulation of cyclin A, cyclin D1, cyclin E, cdk2, cdk4, and cdc2 and the up-regulation of p21. Thus, GNP-HER2 treatment was confirmed to induce the cessation of cell cycle progression. Also, decreases in phospho-focal adhesion kinase and phospho-human epidermal growth factor receptor, which activate cellular focal adhesion, and decreases in phospho-paxillin, which stimulates the disassembly of filamentous actin, were observed. Reduced cell adhesion and disassembly of the intracellular structure indicated cell deactivation.
Conclusion: GNP-HER2 can selectively kill G361 melanoma cells without affecting normal cells. The mechanism of G361 cell death upon treatment with GNP-HER2 was apoptosis accompanied by activation of caspases.
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KEYWORD
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HER2, melanoma cells, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, conjugation
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